Kitchen-cabinet



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No. 449,346. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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KITCHEN CABINET.

No. 449,346. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Omn'cn.

MILLARD F. BROWN AND THOMAS E. SMITH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

KITCHEN SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,346, datedMarch 31, 1891. Application filed May 28, 1890. serial No. 853,478. (Nomodel-l .770 Ml whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MILLARD F. BROWN and THOMAS E. SMITH, citizens ofthe United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco,State of California, have invented an Improvement in Kitchen-Cabinetsand we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

Our invention relates to an improved device to be used in kitchens,which may be termed a kitchen-cabinet.

It consists in certain details of construction, which will be more fullyexplained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective View of the device. Fig. 2 is a horizontalcross-section on the line a: a; of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section on the line 00 a; of Fig. 2.

This invention is designed to provide a convenient rotary adjustablecabinet with receptacles for various articles in common use in thekitchen and attachments for implements for the same purpose, and inconnection therewith of an adjustable stand or table.

A is a standard of suitable height, having a base B, upon which it isfirmly supported, and which is movable, so that the device may stand inany convenient position in the room. The upper part of the standard isso formed as to provide a point or socket upon which the journal or step0 of the revolving case D is supported, so that the case may turn easilyand with the least possible friction upon the standard. Vithin the caseD is a central sleeve of sufficient size so that the standard extends upthrough it from the bottom to near the top of the case, where the step 0is located, and this case is thus easily sus pended and may rotate uponthe suspending step. lVithin the case upon each side are formed thereceptacles E E, m ade large enough to contain a quantity of flour,cornmeal, or any other material which it may be desired to place thereinin considerable quantities.

I prefer to make the case D hexagonal in shape, so as to give thegreatest amount of available space within its walls. Upon opposite sidesof this case and lying between the containing-chambers E are a series ofspaces into which the drawers F are fitted to slide,

within these drawers may be contained pepper, spices, salt, nutm egs,and all the ordinary materials which are in common use about thekitchen. The case, being so delicately suspended, is easily rotated uponits point of suspension, so that either set of drawers is easilyreached, and I am thus enabled to utilize all the Space within the casewhich is not occupied by the larger receptacles. Behind the spaceoccupied by the drawers on one side and between the rear of thesedrawers and the center of the case is formed a rea screw-top h, so as tomake itair-tight when the top is put on. The lower end of thisreceptacle delivers the coffee directly into a coffee-mill II, which isfixed and concealed within the lower part of the casing D. The shaft ofthe mill projects out-ward through the side of the casing, and has thecrank J fixed upon it so that it may be turned at will. Beneath thecoffee-mill is a sliding drawer K, into which thecoffee, after beingground by the mill, will fall, and it will be manifest that any desiredquantity of coffee may be ground in the mill and allowed to fall intothe drawer, from which it is removed for use, the coffee relnaininginthe receptacle being in position to be ground at any time as long as anyof it remains therein. .At the bottom of each of the receptacles formeal and flour is a horizontally sliding gate or valve L, which ismovable, while a handle M projects through the bottom of the case withinconvenient reach, and when this valve or gate is opened such flour asmay be desired will fall from the receptacle into the sifter N. Justabove each gate a shaft extends across the lower part of the receptacleand is provided with agitating arms or stirrer-s V, by which thecontents are loosened so as to pass readily through the gate when it isopened. The shafts are provided with cranks and handles 00 exterior tothe case.

The sitter consists of a short cylinder having its top slotted uponopposite sides so as to engage with pins projecting from the cylindricalextension 0 at the bottom of the case, and it forms a bayonet joint orlock by these drawers being provided with knobs, so I that they may bewithdrawn at pleasure, and

ceptacle f for coffee, which is provided with which the sil'ter isretained in place, and from which it can be easily removed, whendesired. The siftermay be of any well-known or usual form. In thepresent case I have shown a rotary sifterhaving correspondinglyshapedscreen at the bottom, through which the fiour or meal will fall into areceptacle which is placed upon the table below.

Concealed Within the casing upon one side is fixed a spring balance orscale, the hook Iot' which projects below the bottom of the easing, sothat meat or other articles which are brought into the house may beweighed at once, and such articles as are to be used by weight incompounding various dishes may also be accurately weighed at the sametime.

Upon one side of the case is formed an oval projecting lip or flange Q,of such shape that the handle R of an egg-beater will exactly fit overit. Above this flange is a projecting lug S, and to this lug is hinged aplate '1, which folds down over the handle of the eggbeater after thelatter has been placed upon the projecting flange. A screw U passesthrough this hinge-plate and through the central space in the handle ofthe egg-beater,the inner end screwing into the threaded portion in theside of the case, so that the egg-beater may be firmly locked in placeupon the side of the case, standing in a vertical position, with thehandle of the egg-beater projecting outwardly, so thatit can be easilyoperated. The eggs being broken into a proper receptacle, the latter maybe raised up beneath the eggbeater until the latter stands within it byturning the case to one side until it is' clear of the table. By againturning the case back the receptacle containing the eggs will rest uponthe table, the egg-beater being in the proper position to rotate withinit, and the eggs may be beaten without any ditficulty in holding thereceptacle for the eggs in place, as it stands easily upon the table andneeds no special holding, while the egg-beater itself, being supportedfirmly from the bottom of the case, makes it easy to operate.

The table Y is firmly fixed to a sliding bracket Z, which may be movedup and down upon the rod or standard A and fixed by a set-screw at aconvenient height, so that the person using the cabinet can perform allthe work upon the'table, and all the articles are easily accessible fromthe cabinet.

The Whole device forms an exceedingly convenient combination ofreceptacles and mechanical devices in one apparatus.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A kitchen-cabinet consisting of an exterior casing having thereceptacles and drawers fitted therein around a central sleeve, whichextends vertically through the case and has a step at the upper end,astandard fixed at the bottom and projecting upwardly into said sleeve,with the upper end fitted into the step at the top of the casing,discharge-openings with controlling-gates fitted to the bottoms of thereceptacles in the casing, and a table having a bracket fitted to slideupon the supportin -standard, and a holding and adjustin g screw,whereby the table may be fixed at any point beneath thedischarge-openings, substantially as herein described.

2. A kitchen-cabinetconsisting of the easing having receptacles, anegg-beater secured to said casing, and an adjustablysecured brackethaving a table below the egg-beater, substantially as herein described.

3. In a kitchen-cabinet, the casing having a lip or flange projectingfrom one side thereof, a clamping-plate hinged thereto, a locking-screwfor said plate, and an egg-beater havinga handle portion removably fixedupon the side of the casing, substantially as herein described.

4. A kitchen-cabinet consisting of the easing supported upon a fixedvertical standard and the egg-beater removably fixed upon the side ofthe casing, so as to stand vertically below the same, in combinationwith a table having a bracket adapted to slide upon the standard and alockingscrew whereby the table may be fixed beneath the egg-beater andat any suitable height with relation thereto, substantially as hereindescribed.

5. A kitchen-cabinet consisting of a casing rotating about a centralvertical standard, a series of containing receptacles, dischargeopeningsand gates at the bottoms of the receptacles, and a table sliding uponthe standard beneath the casing and adjustable with relation thereto,substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

MILLARD F. BROWN. THOMAS -E. SMITH.

Witnesses:

JOHN DONOVAN, S. H. NOURSE.

